Spectrum auction is unlikely to be held this fiscal due to delay in recommendations over pricing from the regulator Trai, official sources said. The government had pegged revenue from communication services, that include upfront realisation from spectrum sale and licence fee, at Rs.42,865.62 crore for the current fiscal.
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Once Reliance Jio starts operations later this year, the telecom sector is expected to see some serious disruption. For now, the three big boys of the sector - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea - are growing at a blistering pace, and at the expense of smaller rivals. In the first quarter, the three accounted for 91 per cent of the sector´s incremental revenue.
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No Tall Tale, This!
Right policy decisions, a well-planned roadmap and an investor-friendly environment can ease the current challenges and put the Indian telecom industry on the world stage.
TRAI moves to check call drop menace
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A call on telecom
India´s telecommunication network is the third largest in the world and the second largest among the emerging economies of Asia. It has witnessed phenomenal growth over the last decade as substantiated by the following facts and figures
TRAI seeks views on strengthening service quality parameters
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